23-25 April 2024
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Amna
Usman Chaudhry
UNICEF Giga Consultant - Blockchain & Web 3.0 team at UNICEF
"Web 3.0 as a tool to bridge the Digital Divide"
"Web 3.0 as a tool to bridge the Digital Divide"
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Session: Web 3.0 as a tool to bridge the Digital Divide
Emerging technologies such as blockchain, NFTs and Web 3.0 can be used as tools to create a better world. This is what Giga is doing. Giga is a UNICEF and ITU initiative that aims to connect every school in the world to the internet by 2030. The talk will focus on understanding what is the digital divide, why it matters and how Giga is using blockchain and NFTs in particular, to bridge this and to create a future of universal school connectivity and digital inclusion for every child.Key Takeaways
- Understanding the digital divide
- Joining Giga's mission to bridge the digital divide via NFTs and Web 3.0
- Use of Emerging tech as a tool for good
- Emerging tech for positive impact
Bio
Amna is the Global Winner of the Woman in Web 3.0 Award and one of the "Top 100 Women of the Future". She was also featured as one of the "Most Inspirational Women of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse". Amna is a consultant with the Blockchain and Web 3.0 team at Giga. Giga is a UNICEF and ITU initiative which aims to connect every school in the world to the internet by 2030, and every young person to information, opportunity and choice. Giga also has the largest NFT Collection by the UN called the Patchwork Kingdoms Collection, and its upcoming NFT 2.0 is revolutionary as Giga aims to build the largest, open-source, decentralized database of every school in the world.